{"id":"CVE-2026-65016","revision":"f0f7e9c0739b4640a6e646461d085af1","records":[{"revision":"f0f7e9c0739b4640a6e646461d085af1","observedAt":"2026-10-31T18:05:00.018+00:00","statement":{"source":"nvd","id":"CVE-2026-65016","aliases":[],"title":"n8n versions before 1.123.64, 2.29.8, and 2.30.1 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in Enterprise SSO instance-role provisioning. The provisioning path maps an IdP-asserted role claim to an n8n global role but does not prevent ass…","description":"n8n versions before 1.123.64, 2.29.8, and 2.30.1 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in Enterprise SSO instance-role provisioning. The provisioning path maps an IdP-asserted role claim to an n8n global role but does not prevent assignment of the global:owner role (unlike the token-exchange identity path, which rejects it). An SSO-authenticated user whose instance-role claim resolves to global:owner is provisioned as instance owner, gaining full administrative control over workflows, credentials, users, and instance configuration. Exploitation requires that Enterprise SSO is configured, instance-role provisioning is enabled via N8N_SSO_SCOPES_PROVISION_INSTANCE_ROLE (disabled by default), and the attacker controls the instance-role claim value issued by the IdP.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-07-22T12:18:18.733+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-29T19:17:25.8+00:00","affected":[],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 4.0 · disclosure@vulncheck.com · Secondary","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","score":7.7,"severity":"HIGH"},{"system":"CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov · Primary","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH"}],"references":["https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-35q8-9mj6-wjmf","https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-before-privilege-escalation-via-sso-instance-role"],"sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65016","license":"NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained","enrichment":{"sourceStatus":"Analyzed","weaknesses":["CWE-639"],"productCriteria":["cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:community:node.js:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:enterprise:node.js:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:2.30.0:*:*:*:community:node.js:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:2.30.0:*:*:*:enterprise:node.js:*:*"],"sourceDates":{"published":"2026-07-22T12:18:18.733","lastModified":"2026-10-29T19:17:25.800"},"relatedAdvisories":[],"note":"NVD analysis and CPE criteria are source context, not proof that a package or your environment is affected. Complete affected data, logical configurations and SSVC are retained in the original JSON."},"key":"nvd:CVE-2026-65016","identifiers":["CVE-2026-65016"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}